Public AI Research Engineer

About the Role You will work hands-on across product, frontend, backend, and open-source community work. You will track and integrate components of the open-source AI stack, ship UI and backend changes, prototype new capabilities, and improve repository documentation and contributor workflows. You will identify UX issues, implement fixes, and help maintain a coherent multi-repo platform. You must be comfortable moving across React/Svelte frontends and Python/TypeScript/Go backends, and be available for occasional team workshops.

Requirements Demonstrated open-source contributions or maintainership Comfort across frontend (React, Svelte) and backend (Python, TypeScript, Go) Familiarity with OpenWebUI, vLLM, LiteLLM, MCP or similar Strong product instincts Ability to ship quickly and own what you ship Ability to travel occasionally for workshops Maintainership or significant contributions in AI/ML or developer tools (nice to have) Experience launching or running open-source projects or communities (nice to have) Background in public-interest technology or research infrastructure (nice to have) Track record of turning multi-repo systems into coherent platforms (nice to have)

Responsibilities Track and integrate the open-source AI stack Ship product features across frontend and backend Build glue code and debug inference backends Drive open-source presence through clear issues, docs, and reviews Prototype new capabilities such as routing transparency and multimodal support Notice and fix user experience issues Attend occasional team workshops Web3 Developer Bitrefill · 1 day ago Senior Software Engineer Reap · 1 day ago Product Engineer Squads · 1 week ago Senior Web Engineer TrueX · 1 week ago Principal Engineer, Agentic Engineering CoinDesk · 4 weeks ago Web3 Developer Bitrefill · 1 day ago Senior Software Engineer Reap · 1 day ago Product Engineer Squads · 1 week ago Senior Web Engineer TrueX · 1 week ago Principal Engineer, Agentic Engineering CoinDesk · 4 weeks ago